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³ ³  ³ ³  ³ ³  ³ ÀÄÄÄ¿                     VERSION 1.0
³ ³  ³ ³  ³ ³  ÀÄÄÄ¿ ³                 (STACK.PPE & !.PPE)
³ ÀÄÄÙ ³ ÚÙ À¿ ÚÄÄÄÙ ³                 Copyright (c) 1995
ÀÄÄÄ¿ ÚÙ ÀÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÙ           Quintessential Information Systems
The ÀÄÙQuintessential BBS          by Mark Francis & Philip Qua
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß    All rights reserved, except as noted below.
Quintessential
Information
Systems (QIS)                STACK PPE. COMMAND PROMPT HISTORY V 1.0
10520 Yonge St.              Command prompt and ! command replacement
Unit 35B, Ste. 310           that records users' command history,
Richmond Hill, ON            allowing previous commands to be issued and
L4C 3C7 ON CANADA            edited. Maintains number of command lines
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß    equal to user's screen size minus 7. All
BBS: (905) 889-4377          prompts can be edited and are language
                             sensitive. Help included. Easy to install,
                             self-maintaining. Shareware by QIS.

For non-members to logon, use the demo account QIS PPE DOWNLOAD.

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STACK.PPE and !.PPE Version 1.0

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NOTICE
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STACK.PPE, !.PPE and related files are shareware products. This means that QIS
has relinguished sole distribution rights to the public. All other rights are
reserved by QIS. QIS is not responsible for these products, nor is it to be
held responsible for any damages that may arise from the proper or improper use
of these products.

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PURPOSE:
========

Records all users' command entries entered from PCBoard's main command
prompt, and enables users to recall a list of past commnds using the !
command (!.PPE). Users can also edit and delete commands in the command
history list.


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FEATURES:
=========

* Easy to install

* Lightbar menu system

* Records number of command line entered equal to user's pagelength-7

* Command history can be edited

* Language sensitive

* All prompts can be edited

* Self-maintaining

* Does not interfere with regular operation of PCBoard

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INSTALLATION:
=============

Simply place the following files into any directory:

!.PPE
STACK.PPE
STCKTEXT

Locate your PCBoard's HLP! file and rename it to HLP!.OLD, then copy the HLP!
file that comes in the archive to PCBoard's HELP subdirectory.

Run MKPCBTXT and replace entry 396 with the drive and path to STACK.PPE:

!%PCBDRIVE%\PCB\PPE\STACK.PPE   (or whatever your path is)


There! You're done. You may next wish to edit the prompt file to match your
BBS's style.


NOTE: If you logon a lot locally on the same node, and that node isn't often
      used by other people, you may wish to add the following line to your
      $$LOGOFF.BAT

DEL [drive]:[path] KEY###.DBF
 
                      ^
                      |
                      \-- where ### equals the node number

The KEY###.DBF files contain records of the keystrokes from the online session.
Although STACK.PPE cleans up after itself when online users logoff, it will not
do so locally if the same user keeps using the same node locally.
 

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THE STCKTEXT PROMPT FILE:
=========================

This is provided in case you wish to create your own PROMPT file, or translate
one into a different language. Do not add or subtract lines. STACK and ! expect
ATX coding in this file, but can cope with (at least in theory) anything as
long as it doesn't exceed 255 characters per line, with no null characters.

LINE 1: PCBoard command line prompt
LINE 2: Top of command history menu line
LINE 3: Line used for command history list
LINE 4: Bottom of command history menu line
LINE 5: Color of lightbar
LINE 6: Color without lightbar (should be same as colors in line 3)
LINE 7: First line of !.PPE editor instructions
LINE 8: Second line of !.PPE editor instructions
LINE 9: Third line of !.PPE editor instructions


Note 1: Line 1 is used exclusively in STACK.PPE. Lines 2-9 are used in !.PPE.

Note 2: The OPTEXT variable in line 3 must always remain where it is (third
        character) in order for !.PPE to work properly.

Note 3: No attempt has been made to integrate RIP 1.54 or 2.0 into these PPEs
due to fluctuations in the RIP `standard'. Also, the principle behind STACK.PPE
and !.PPE are not consistant with a RIP interface.